Phenom II x6 1055t Help With Overclocking

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I have never overclocked before, so I used the asus overclocker utility to overclock my system for me.  It left it at 3.6 ghz, but when I was running prime95 afterward,  The temps would go up to 90 degrees C, then the clock would go back down to 1.067 ghz for a few seconds, cool off to about 78 degrees C, then repeat.  I never would have thought It would get that hot with a coolermaster hyper 212 evo.  I just recently replaced my motherboard because my other one crapped out.  Thats why I'm overclocking now.  I'm not sure if my cooler is just bad, or I put it on wrong.  If anyone has any advice or needs more info, I would love to hear about it.

AMD Phenom II 1055t

Asus m5a99fx pro r2.0

8gb Corsair xms 1333 mhz ram

Seagate barracuda 7200.12 1 tb HDD

Thermaltake 700w tr2 psu (80+ bronze)

EVGA Gtx 560 sc

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If I recall correctly, Phenom II's don't much like being above 62*c. I definitely think you don't have the cooler on properly. It should get a little warm at 3.6GHz, but not nearly that warm, unless it's pumping excessive voltage. Check the voltage first, but my money is on the cooler as the issue.

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the voltage was at 1.4 volts, from what I read, I should be able to go upto 1.5 volts just fine

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yeah, sounds about right. Time to re-seat the heat-sink. And be sure to go with the pea or grain of rice method while applying the thermal paste.

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I just took the cooler off and discovered about 30 percent of the CPU had no thermal paste, this time I will use more.

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Now it runs at 59 degrees with prime95.  Thank you